A Tactical Platform for the Unity Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

Draft Resolutions for the Unity Congress of the R.S.D.L.P.

Principles of Party Organisation

(1)theprinciple of democratic centralism in the Party is now universally
    recognised;

(2)althoughmade difficult, it can nevertheless be put into effect within
    certain limits in existing political conditions;

(3)mixingthe secret with the legal apparatus of the Party organisation has
    proved most fatal for the Party, and plays into the hands of government
    provocation;

Weare of the opinion, and propose that the Congress should agree:

(1)thatthe elective principle in the Party organisations should be applied
    from top to bottom;

(2)thatdepartures from this principle, for example:

two-stage elections or co-optation to elected bodies, etc., may be permitted
only when police obstacles are insurmountable, and in exceptional cases
especially provided for;

(3)thatit is imperative to preserve and strengthen the secret nucleus of the
    Party organisation;

(4)thatfor public activities of all kinds (in the press, at meetings, in the
    unions, particularly trade unions, etc.) special departments of the Party
    organisations should be formed, which could not in any way jeopardise the
    secret nuclei;

(5)thatthere must be one central body for the Party, i.e., the general
    congress of the Party must elect a single Central Committee, which shall
    appoint the editorial board of the Party’s Central Organ, etc.